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Fireblade tilt switch
helicopterman - 17/2/08 at 11:00 AM

Hi. My newly aquired Joyner buggy with 929 Firebade power, has the tilt swith in place.
My question is, will it cut the engine during hard cornering, say on a track day. If so has anyone wired it out because it won't run with it unplugged.
Thanks in advance.


dan__wright - 17/2/08 at 11:15 AM

they have a pretty wide tilt angle, think about how far a bike leans over when cornering, shouldn't cut out in the car.
afaik on the blades its just a case of connecting the two wires together.


Dangle_kt - 17/2/08 at 11:16 AM

Doubt it would be a problem, but why not solder it ON, so the tilt doesn;t matter anymore.


helicopterman - 17/2/08 at 12:26 PM

Dan
Yeah but when a motorbike is cornering the forces on the switch are the same as if it were standing still vertically?


dan__wright - 17/2/08 at 01:10 PM

nope, at lest note on my zx10 sensor, can tip it to the side and it still runs when stationary.

just wire connect the two wires together on a balde and get rid of it.

ive also found out how the more complex 3 wire tip sensors work so will post instructions later on how to remove them.


helicopterman - 11/3/08 at 10:08 PM

Just an update.
On Saturday at Barkston Heath, I found out that the tilt switch will kill the engine during hard cornering. I cut the 3 wires on the switch side of the connector and joined the 2 outer wires together to solve the problem.